EU Council. Eurogroup meeting (Brussels)(see EUROPE 13823/22). *Regular format: - Euro area: macroeconomic developments in the euro area. - Belgium: assessment of the draft Belgian budget plan for 2026. - Any other business. *Inclusive format: - Digital finance: workstream on digital finance - introduction. - Euro area competitiveness: energy prices and their impact on the euro area economy. - Euro area: preparations for the March Euro Summit. - Any other business: report on the Competitiveness Laboratory.
EU Council. ‘Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs’ Council (and 10/03 - Brussels) (see EUROPE 13822/23). *Social Policy: - Children: approval of conclusions on child well-being, social inclusion and the fight against child poverty. - Human capital: approval of a recommendation to Member States on how to address labour and skills shortages in the EU. - Quality jobs and AI: exchange of views on the use of AI to strengthen quality employment and workers’ rights. - Poverty: policy debate on approaches to prevent poverty and social exclusion. - European Semester: approval of the contribution on employment and social policy aspects of the Recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area for 2026; adoption of the Joint Employment Report 2026 and approval of the conclusions on this report. - Other business. - Housing: informal lunchtime debate on the subject of housing in the EU’s changing demographic landscape.
EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA). - Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (Civcom). - Budget Committee. - Nicolaidis Group. - Antici Group (simplification). - Other meetings : https://aeur.eu/f/l1z
European Parliament. Plenary session (to 12/03 - Strasbourg). - Women: debate on the gender pay and pension gap (vote 11/03). Agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/l2a
European Parliament. Committee activities (Strasbourg): - LIBE: adoption of the Commission’s position with a view to the opening of interinstitutional negotiations on the return system for third-country nationals staying illegally in the EU (rapp. M. Azmani)(see EUROPE 13823/4)(agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/l1p ). - SEDE: extraordinary meeting.
European Court of Auditors (Luxembourg). – Publication of a special report on the energy communities' contribution to renewable energy generation in EU countries.
Tuesday 10 March
EU Council. Council of Economic and Financial Affairs Ministers (Brussels)(see EUROPE 13823/23). - Savings and Investment Union: debate on the legislative package on market integration and supervision. - Economic governance: adoption of a recommendation on Ireland’s medium-term budget plan. - Recovery and Resilience Facility: adoption of an implementing decision approving Estonia’s amended recovery and resilience plan. - Ukraine: exchange of views on the situation regarding the economic and financial repercussions of the war. - Financial services: presentation by the Presidency of the state of play of legislative proposals on financial services and progress in the implementation of relevant legislation. - Macroeconomic dialogue: the Presidencies of the Council, the Commission, the ECB and the Eurogroup will meet with the social partners on 9 March to discuss recent economic developments and a theme chosen by the Cyprus Presidency: “Artificial intelligence and the future of the EU labour market: preserving the EU’s competitiveness and social cohesion”.
EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - Political and Security Committee (PSC). - Antici Group. - Mertens Group. - Working Party on the United Kingdom. - Justice and Home Affairs Advisers. - EU Military Committee (EUMC). - Other meetings: https://aeur.eu/f/l20
European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners (Strasbourg). - Energy package: *Future development and deployment of small modular reactors in Europe (Ribera. Séjourné). *Clean energy investment strategy (Ribera). *Citizens energy package (Ribera).
European Parliament. Plenary session (to 12/03 - Strasbourg). - Housing: debate and vote on European Parliament recommendations to promote decent housing. - Defence: debate on the creation of a genuine single defence market (presentation of European Parliament proposals on 11/03). - Energy: debate on the “clean energy package” presented by the Commission. - Single Market: debate on cutting red tape and removing barriers in the Single Market, including financial services (and 11/03). - Copyrights: vote on measures to protect the creative sector in the age of AI. - Women: debate on cyberbullying following Jackie Fox’s testimony. - Order of Merit: announcement of the winners of the European Order of Merit. Agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/l2a
Wednesday 11 March
EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - Coreper I. - Coreper II. - Financial Services Committee (FSC). - Cultural Affairs Committee. - High-Level Working Party on Tax Questions. - Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (Civcom). - Security Committee (information assurance). - Other meetings: https://aeur.eu/f/l21
European Parliament. Plenary session (to 12/03 - Strasbourg). - Middle East: debate on the US-Israeli operation against Iran and preparations for the EU Summit on this war (19-20/03). - Travel: debate on the update of the Package Travel Directive (vote 12/03). - Energy: debate on the need for clean, independent and secure energy sources, following the North Sea Summit in January. – Child sexual abuse: vote on exemption from privacy legislation to allow voluntary detection of online child sexual abuse material. - Armenia: speech by the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan. Agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/l2a
Thursday 12 March
EU Council. Informal meeting of defence ministers (and 12/03 - by videoconference). - CSDP: meeting devoted to the priorities and challenges of the Common Security and Defence Policy, with a particular focus on defence preparedness and coordinated EU responses in a changing security environment. - European Security Strategy: - Debate in preparation for the new European Security Strategy. – Ukraine: discussion on new steps in EU support for Ukraine (military support and measures against the Russian shadow fleet). – Middle East: discussion during a working lunch on defence aspects of the situation in the Middle East.
EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - Military Committee Working Group (EUMCWG). - Education Committee. - Trade Policy Committee. - Other meetings: https://aeur.eu/f/l22
European Court of Auditors (Luxembourg). - Publication of an opinion on Erasmus+ regulation. – Publication of an opinion on AgoraEU regulation.
Court of Justice of the EU (Luxembourg). #Judgments: - C-84/24 (EM System - can the funds of a company not on an EU sanctions list be frozen solely because it is owned, in whole or in part, by a person on that list?) - C-43/24 (Shipov - does EU law preclude national legislation which precludes any alteration of civil status data relating to a person’s sex, even where his or her gender identity is medically recognised?). - C-514/24 (Magyar Telekom - can a user terminate his internet access contract free of charge where the provider amends it in order to comply with the case-law of the Court of Justice or a decision of a national authority implementing that case-law?) - C-465/24 (SBK Art - does the freezing of funds of a person or entity subject to restrictive measures also imply the suspension of rights attached to shares or share certificates, such as the right to attend or vote at a shareholders’ meeting?). #Conclusions: - C-660/24 (Commission v Hungary) and C-681/24 (Commission v Czech Republic - Time-limit imposed for access to a solicitor - does the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings imply, in principle, the actual presence of that lawyer during the questioning of a suspect or accused person, or is it sufficient that those persons have been given the opportunity to be assisted by a lawyer?).
Friday 13 March
EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - Coreper I. - Coreper II. - Working Party on the United Kingdom. - Education Committee. - Headline Goal Task Force (HTF). - Other meetings: https://aeur.eu/f/l23
